Marjory Pippin

ALTAMONT — Marjory Joyce Pippin, 77, of Altamont, formerly of St. Elmo, died at 6:35 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011, at Lutheran Care Center, Altamont.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, Vandalia, with the Rev. Viktoria Halmagyi officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery, St. Elmo. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at Gieseking Funeral Home, Altamont, and for one hour prior to the service at the church. Memorials may be made to Lutheran Care Center of Altamont, St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church of Vandalia or the donor’s choice. Online condolences may be expressed at giesekingfuneralhome.com

Marjory was born July 1, 1934, in Vandalia, the daughter of Issac Nelson and Beatrice Hart Stein. She married Ross L. Pippin on March 14, 1954, at St. James Lutheran Church in St. James. Ross preceded her in death on May 29, 2010.

She was retired as a cook at St. Elmo Junior-Senior High School. She was a member of St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, where she participated in various women’s groups, St. Elmo Women’s Club and past secretary of the Stine-Stein Cemetery Board.

She is survived by son, Mark (wife, Penny) of Farina; daughter, Joyce (husband, Kevin) Battjes of Midland, Mich.; grandchildren, Justin (wife, Jessie) Pippin of Urbana, Jacob Pippin (special friend, Brittni Kinkelaar) of St. Elmo, Amy Pippin (fiance, Carl Sefton) of Farina, Jeremy (wife, Nicole) Battjes of Fayetteville, Ark., Daniel (wife, Stacie) Battjes of Winston-Salem, N.C., and Sarah Battjes of Midland, Mich.; and great-grandchildren, Gracelyn Marie Pippin and Andrew John Battjes.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and daughter, Carolyn Sue.